Means pertaining to toilet articles



Oct. 15, 1935. o. KAPARIN 2,017,538 I MEANS PERTAINING TO TOILETARTICLES Filed Nov. 10, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR. 25 OTTO KAPARILJATTORNEY.

Oct. 15, 1935. o. KAPARIN MEANS PERTAINING TO TOILET ARTICLES Filed Nov.10, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. OTTO KAPAEHJ ATTORNEY.

Patented Oct. 15, 1935 STATES FEEQE ATENT MEANS PERTAINING Otto Kaparin,

TQE E AB l N. J., assignor to Application November 10, 1934, Serial No.752,512

4 Claims.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in toilet articlesfor ladies, and it has for its purpose to provide a device especiallypertaining to the coloring and polishing of finger nails, facilitating,by means of an elaborate display as to comparison of colors, theselection of a tint or hue most becoming to the party seeking ordesiring such beautifying acquisition.

Thus this invention pertains to a finger hood lo: device, one or more ofwhich may in an adequate manner be used for such tint or color display.

As the construction of my invention in the related forms shown herein,is comparatively simple, the cost of manufacturing should be proporl5.tionately low.

With the above and other objects in view, this invention consists of thenovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts,hereinafter fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings forming part of this specification, and in which similarcharacters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all views, andin which:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of my de- 25 vice;

Figure 2 is a similar view of a device forming part of my invention atlarge, and facilitating the display in an eifective and co-operativemanner of the features of my device, as shown in Fig- 30 ure 1.

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view of my device, as shown in Figure2 Figure 4 is a detail View of one of the fingers shown in Figure 2;

35 Figure 5 is a side elevational view of my device shown in Figure 2,slightly modified.

Figure 6 is a top plan view of the platform, in part, as shown in Figure5, illustrating the manner of attaching the bottles to said platform.

40 Figure '7 shows the finger hood in the process of making the latterfrom a blank form; while Figure 8 is a similar view, as Figure '7, of ablank form, but without the part, which makes the finger nail, attachedthereto; and

45 Figure 9 illustrates the blank form of a nail to be attached to theblank, as shown in Figure 8, during the manufacture of my finger hooddevice.

Referring more particularly to the drawings,

50 the essential features of my device is illustrated in Figure l, whichshows a finger hood or sleeve member made of any suitablenon-inflammable material. This finger hood has for its purpose to serveas a display medium for the purpose of enabling ladies to choose theappropriate or desired tint or color for their nails. With this objectin view the said device is constructed in a manner suitable forattachment to a bottle, or other auxiliary display member, for instance,an

imitation finger, as shown especially in Figure 5, 5

and indicated by the numerals H and i2, respectively. The said devicedesignated by the numeral It], may be made from a blank material, cut,as shown. in Figures '7 and 8, respectively, according to whether thenail is, as shown in 10 said. Figures '7 and9, is to form an integralpart of the device, or is to be separately attached to the main body ofsaid device by a special fastening process.

In making the said device from blanks, as shown, into a finishedarticle, as illustrated in Figure I, the said device is formed withlower outwardly bent flaps, M, which are rounded and. suitably adaptedto slide over the end of the finger of a lady without any danger ofcutting or scraping. the skin of the finger.

At the same time the said flaps by means of a somewhat annular curvatureor bend 15 formed thereon, will suitably engage the neck of a bottle bymeans of: a stopper or cork I6 mounted upon the latter, as shownespecially at H in Figure 5, said flaps l4 engaging the bottle neck andstopper just below the. latter.

The said device is further at its top made with slightly outwardlybentfianges ll, which serve as. a means in manipulating the device, asthe cross piece l8, whichv may adequately be seen in the Figures 7 and8, inconnection with the supporting'front side pieces !9 of the nail I;serve to give a somewhat springy effect to the device, as the sides 20,29 of the latter in their relative movements towards or away from eachother, may be said to have their fulcrum at said cross pieces.

While it is obvious that the device in its shape 4,0 is rounded orformed to closely fit the finger of a. lady, the nail may or may not bemade in one piece with said article. In this connection it may also beappropriate to state, that while the rest of the article may be made ofa suitable transparent or non-transparent material, the nail itself withits adjoining side pieces or lateral parts I9 is always made of atransparent material, as the nail or nails, if more are to be employedfor the purpose of display, may then in turn be suitably colored, as forinstance by a dipping process to form suggestions as to the color to bechosen by a lady.

In thus making up the device as shown in Figure 1, from the blank inFigure '7, it will be noted that all that is necessary, after the saidblank has been properly shaped to fit a finger, will be to fasten thelateral projection IS on to the nail l3, or to an extension, which maybe formed upon the other side of the said nail.

In case the blank shown in Figure 8 is used,

the nail properly shaped is then by means of its lateral projections I9, I 9 integrally secured to said blank after the latter has been giventhe desired form.

The device thus provided will, both at its front where a comparativelygreat open space 22 has been provided, and at the side of the nail, asthe side pieces l9 of the latter are rather narrow and cut at a sharpangle to said nail, in an excellent manner expose the skin of the fingerfor the sake of obtaining a relative matching of the color of the nailto the latter.

While, as hereinbefore stated, by device may be applied or afiixed to abottle, as a manner of display, a certain apparatus as shown in Figure2, may adequately be used as a further means for an eifective colordisplay in this connection.

The said apparatus consists of a platform 24, which is turnable on abase 25, as the lower surface of said platform moves upon an annularslightly raised portion, as shown at 26, in Figure 3; a rod 2?,terminating at its upper end in a manipulating knob 28, secures theplatform 24 to the base 25 by means of a screw 29 arranged in the bottomof the base, and which screw has sufficient clearance to turn with saidrod 21.

Upon the platform are integrally mounted a number of fingers I2, whichhave the front surface of their upper ends formed like finger nails 3|and adapted for the purpose of display to receive the cooperating deviceshown in Figure 1.

A modification of my device shown in Figure 2,

has been illustrated in the Figures and 6, in

which modification the platform 24' has been made with recesses, asshown at 32 in Figure 6; said recesses are of a shape like the bottom ofa bottle, and are adapted to receive a number of such bottles ll, placedbetween the fingers l2 upon the said platform, as shown in Figure 5, thesaid bottles being secured in position by means of springy members 33shown in Figure 6.

It is obvious that changes may be made in the form, construction andarrangement of the several parts, as shown, within the scope of theappended claims, Without departing from the spirit of the invention, andI do not therefore wish to limit myself to the construction andarrangement shown and described herein.

abi s What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, is:

l. A sleeve-like device for embracing the tip of the finger of a person,and consisting of a substantially colorless, annular portion adapted to5 extending bends at their upper and lower ends.

2. In a device, as described, a sleeve-member bent substantially to theshape of a finger, and made with cut-out front and rear portionstherein, said sleeve-member being formed with out- .wardly flaringportions at its lower end, and

with an annular depression in close proximity to the bottom of saidflaring portions, wherebyto secure the sleeve-member to an object, animitation, colored finger nail arranged upon said sleeve-member at theupper end thereof and across the cut-out front portion, said finger nailhaving lateralcolorless projections for integrally securing said nail tothe sleeve-member.

3. In a device, as described, a sleeve-member bent substantially to theshape of a finger and being made with cut-out front and rear portionstherein, said sleeve-member being formed with outwardly flaring portionsat its lower end, and with an annular depression in close proximity tothe bottom of said flaring portions, whereby to secure the sleeve-memberto an object, an imitation, colored finger nail integrally secured tosaid sleeve-member and mounted upon a bridge across 35 the cut-out'frontportion in the latter at a right angle to said bridge, the latter beingcolorless and of a narrow width to permit a clear view of the skinadjoining said nail.

4. A sleeve member for engaging the tip of the 40 finger of a person,and being made of a flexible, colorless material, said sleeve memberconsisting of an annular portion adapted to encircle the finger, anartificial, colored nail integrally secured to said annular portion,lateral projections outwardly bent and extending upwardly from saidannular portion, and downwardly depending lat erally positioned flangesadapted to engage the sides of a finger; said flanges having their endsbent into outwardly flaring portions, the nail be- 5 ing mounted uponthe said annular portion at an equal distance between the downwardlydepending flanges.

OTTO KAPARIN.

